When a worker is injured on the job, the first step is generally to get checked out by a medical clinic. The worker is told he has a litany of problems, will need a certain barrage of tests, and can expect a long list of treatments. The worker, naturally, believes what his clinic is telling […]
Archives for May 2013
Stacking the Deck against Fair Workers’ Comp
You’re on the job, lifting a heavy box from one place to another. Another employee, completely against company protocol, darts across your path, forcing you to twist out of the way – and tweaking your back badly in the process. You can’t move, you can’t stand straight, and you’re in horrible pain. Seems like a […]
Should Student Athletes Receive Worker’s Compensation?
Nearly everyone on the internet – and off it – has seen Kevin Ware’s leg break. The basketball player from the University of Louisville suffered through a devastating injury in the public eye, and countless people have profited from his ordeal. Every website that ran footage and the story got the benefits of ad revenue. […]